Noel Dyson

STRINGENT hygiene and state-of-the-art technology have helped WA's Golden Egg Farms crack the Hong Kong egg product market.

SINGAPORE has become only the second country to be given a Y2K ‘all-green rating' by one of the world's leading Y2K watchdogs – the Global 2000 Coordinating Group.

SMALL businesses are likely to be hit with GST compliance costs forty times those of big businesses.

RETAILERS and their advisers have been put on notice by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

BUILDING of a three-storey office and apartment building has been approved by council – just three weeks after being knocked back.

WA SMALL and medium businesses seem to be well on track to beat the Year 2000 or Y2K problem.

Greenhouse gas emission treaties could destroy WA's chance to develop downstream processing industries, says Woodside Petroleum managing director John Akehurst.

THE redevelopment of council's Number 8 car park bounded by James, Lake and Roe Streets has finally begun.

COMMERCE and Trade Minister Hendy Cowan has led trade missions to Thailand and Malaysia to investigate a range of emerging trade opportunities.

WA EXPORTERS now have a representative in the increasingly lucrative Taiwanese market.

A FRANCHISOR promoting franchises for Year 2000 compliance software has been taken to court by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

THROUGH an alliance with the Royal Bank of Canada, WA-based stock broker Hartley Poynton Limited can now trade in AA+ and AAA-rated government and private bonds from amounts as little as $25,000.

A NEW business club, designed to make the most of international awareness of Australia thanks to the Sydney 2000 Olympics, is looking for members.

A WA-built plane has received airworthiness certificates from both the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand and the US Federal Aviation Administration.

BEATING the Millennium bug is not the only thing needed to prepare for the next millennium, says Percy Institute of International Protocol principal Louise Percy.

HIGH yield shoppers are moving away from shopping centres and turning to strip shopping, a KPMG report has found.

AFTER five years of research and development, a Perth imaging company is on the verge of cornering the 3D television market.

FACED with a dying business sector and growing crime rate, the City of Gosnells has embarked on a $80 million revamp of Gosnells Town Centre.

DUE to Y2K concerns, there will be no trading or settlement on the Australian Stock Exchange on 31 December 1999.

WA LIQUOR sellers have hit back at the latest attempt by petrol station owners to gain liquor licences.

MORE than $18 million will be invested on new projects this year on behalf of WA grain growers in the western region of the Grains Research and Development Corporation.

WA'S small business sector is still leading the nation in its confidence about the next twelve months, the latest Small Business Index has found.

A STRONG financial incentive is needed to help families act green when building a new home, says Solar Edwards general manager Vaughan Boultwood.

OVERCOMING GST-posed problems has been made easier by A1 Advanced Office Systems systems development consultant Jenny John.

THE Belmont Local Chambers Awards has demonstrated the diversity of commercial and industrial activity in the area.BJC Enterprises won the Business of the Year Award.

AD AGENCY 303 Advertising has won the account of the WA Tourism Commission for the next three years from 1 July.

CLEANING computers regularly can improve their resale value, reduce maintenance costs and keep employees healthy, says Mobile Computer Cleaners franchisee Graham Bathols.

Sponsorship is slowly becoming an integral element of a company's marketing profile.

DEREGULATION looms as a major threat to the legal profession, says Law Society of WA president John Ley.

AFTER WA's December quarter economic slump, experts agree the recovery is coming. They just cannot agree on when.

THE LOOSE Box Restaurant in Mundaring has been awarded Best Restaurant in WA at the 14th annual American Express WA Restaurant Awards held recently at Rendezvous Observ-ation City Hotel.

A new four-star accommodation property situated eight minutes from the centre of Bunbury opened on1 July.